In the past 10 years, the Catholic Church has been focused on Pope Francis, his rapid internationalizing of church leadership and shift of focus from matters of gender and sex to those of poverty, inequality and climate. But Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement in 2013 that he would essentially retire felt earth-shattering at the time.

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